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[bk]

We don't allow groaning here at haineshisway.com

[Edisaurus]

a pair o' docs

is usually what I see per day at a film festival.

[DERBRUCER]

A volunteer decorates the city of Cerritos' 2007 Rose Parade float titled "Nature Rocks" at the Buena Vista Pavilion in Duarte Tuesday. Leading the dinosaur rock band is a singing Elvis-saurous with a moving head, mouth and body. Scott Smeltzer / Press-Telegram

As Letterman might say:

Edisaurous...Elvis-saurous
Elvis-saurous...Edisaurous
Edi...Elvi
Elvi...Edi

der Brucer

[Edisaurus]

candor and ebb.

(stifling a groan...)

[Edisaurus]

Edisaurous...Elvis-saurous
Elvis-saurous...Edisaurous
Edi...Elvi
Elvi...Edi

Uma, Oprah....

There used to be a female Elivs impersonator in these here parts called "Elle-vis".

[DERBRUCER]

is usually what I see per day at a film festival.

A pair o'ducs is what I like to have served on a brisk wintery evening - with a Bing Cheery glaze, please.

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

PLEASE DON'T EAT THE FLOAT!



Whitney High School key club member Tanya Liu, right, and Delia Tamayo, out of Buena Park, help decorate a 2007 Rose Parade float for the city of Cerritos. The volunteers were applying a base coat of coarse crushed almonds. Scott Smeltzer / Press-Telegram

der Brucer

[FJL]

BK - Would candor and ebb by FJL really be a "fred candor" and "fred ebb?"

Ooh, that was so bad I almost didn't hit "post."  

[DERBRUCER]

BK - Would candor and ebb by FJL really be a "fred candor" and "fred ebb?"

Ooh, that was so bad I almost didn't hit "post."  

Would candor and ebb by Skip really be a "fried candor" and "fried ebb?"

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

I guess every Blog needs one:

(From Andrew Sullivan's Clive Davis)

Music by Brazil's greatest songwriter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, performed by the ethereal trio of Japanese pop star Ryuichi Sakamoto, cellist Jaques [sic] Morelenbaum and his wife, Paula. Their tribute album, "Casa" was recorded in Jobim's home in Rio. A gorgeous disc, as is the follow-up, "A Day in New York". Paula Morelenbaum's singing is so simple, yet so evocative.

UTube link to O Grande Amor

der Brucer

[JMK]

JMK - Why oh why would anyone want to lose money on an investment?  The tax write-off helps ease the sting of a loss a little, but to prefer a loss to income seems, well, perverse.  

He did it for two reasons, actually.  He loved supporting work that he didn't think would get a chance otherwise, and he was offsetting his real estate income which was, to put it mildly, large.

[bk]

If you had candor in the bathroom, then you'd be john candor and fred ebb

[bk]

Back from a jog - easier today, not THAT easy, but lots easier than the past week.  Have shaved, have packaged up some CD orders and shall shortly shower or shower shortly and then be on my way to luncheon.

[bk]

This could be groaner day here at haineshisway.com.  Someone call Harry Groaner!

[DERBRUCER]

Someone call Harry Groaner!

I would, If Love Were All.

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

If you had candor in the bathroom, then you'd be john candor and fred ebb

And if you were a southpaw, you'd be John Candoraria.

der Brucer

(Guess I pitched that one a little low)

[FJL]

JMK - I totally get the first part about wanting to support risky work.  

The CPA/tax attorney part of me doesn't buy the second part - sure, he's paying less taxes but he's lost real money, so he's at a net negative from the investment even after the tax break.

Sounds like he really wanted to help out by financing risky investments.  It really cost him money, so his intentions sound 100% benevolent.   The second part sounds like soemthing he'd say because of his probably being a very kind, humble person.

[Ginny]

If you're on a Windows machine, claearing out temporary internet files is a few click operation (using the Disk CleanUp Utility)

der Brucer

Yup, that's what they had me do.  It was after the few clicks that it took a while, because (apparently) I had a lot to be cleared.  I just wish someone had thought to tell me that a year ago and I wouldn't have had to use the clunky work-around all this time.

[DERBRUCER]

The CPA/tax attorney part of me doesn't buy the second part - sure, he's paying less taxes but he's lost real money, so he's at a net negative from the investment even after the tax break.

Would you feel better if he noted that a $1000 contribution was really only a $100 out-of-pocket expense? The intent is not to lose money, but rather have the Feds underwrite a significant part of your giving.

der Brucer

Yes, there are dummies out there (not here) that think a tax-refund is a gift from the government

[DERBRUCER]

I just wish someone had thought to tell me that a year ago and I wouldn't have had to use the clunky work-around all this time.

I guess men aren't the only ones who don't ask directions

der Brucer

[Ginny]

A co-worker just shared some of her Christmas chocolate with me.  It's from

Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters

which appears to be in DR George's town.

[Ginny]

I guess men aren't the only ones who don't ask directions

der Brucer

Ah, but I did ask for assistance from many people, including the training consultant who taught the Publisher class that I took 6 months after teaching my self to use the program.  This is just typical of how things (don't) happen around here.

[DERBRUCER]

AND SOMETHING TO ANNOY EVERYBODY:
Premiere-gets-brave-knocks-20-classics-as-overrated

Fully prepared for the onslaught of How Dare YE!! hate mail, the Premiere posse has wisely decided to add an equally pithy rebuttal in defense of each movie.
…
Premiere's Top 20 Most Overrated Films of All Time
1.   American Beauty
2.   Chicago
3.   Clerks.
4.   Fantasia
5.   Field of Dreams
6.   Chariots of Fire
7.   Good Will Hunting
8.   Forrest Gump
9.   Jules and Jim
10.   A Beautiful Mind
11.   Monster's Ball
12.   Moonstruck
13.   Mystic River
14.   Nashville
15.   The Wizard of Oz
16.   An American in Paris
17.   Easy Rider
18.   The Red Shoes
19.   2001: A Space Odyssey
20.   Gone with the Wind

And here's the Premiere Site



der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

This is just typical of how things (don't) happen around here.

How often I've heard that song (the mother of my children worked in a college Library).

der Brucer

[JMK]

JMK - I totally get the first part about wanting to support risky work.  

The CPA/tax attorney part of me doesn't buy the second part - sure, he's paying less taxes but he's lost real money, so he's at a net negative from the investment even after the tax break.

Sounds like he really wanted to help out by financing risky investments.  It really cost him money, so his intentions sound 100% benevolent.   The second part sounds like soemthing he'd say because of his probably being a very kind, humble person.

Charlie was indeed a very sweet guy, but he was also richer than G-d.  He owned a lot (and I mean a lot) of lower Manhattan between 5th and 6th for decades.  I'll let you do the math.  

[George]

I edited a flm that was selected a few years ago: "Daughters of the Dust", which I'm sure most people haven't heard of, either!

Is it a sequel to "Lust In the Dust"??

[MBarnum]

Elmore, you need to put a disclamer in the RE: line of your e-mails....remember I look at my AOL emails at work sometimes!  

[DERBRUCER]

..you need to put a disclamer ...

Something like a disoyster...

der Brucer

[elmore3003]

Elmore, you need to put a disclamer in the RE: line of your e-mails....remember I look at my AOL emails at work sometimes!  

That'll learn ya!

[George]

A co-worker just shared some of her Christmas chocolate with me.  It's from

Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters

which appears to be in DR George's town.

They ARE from Olympia!  I don't drink coffee, but everyone who drinks theirs says that they're better than Starbucks.  AND the Washington Center for the Performing Arts only serves their coffee.